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October 20, 2019
Jesus, the Great High Priest
So far we have come to know Jesus more deeply as Immanuel, the Alpha and Omega, our King, and the mighty Lamb. But linking these all together is another unique role that Jesus fulfills as He meets the unblemished perfection of God’s high standards. We discover this role in His name of Great High Priest, […]
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October 19, 2019
October 18, 2019
The lamb of God
How can a king also be a lamb? Don’t those two roles seem to contradict each other? Isn’t a lamb meek and mild? After all, it is a helpless animal lacking much in insight and smarts. It can be difficult to envision how Jesus can embody the qualities of both a lamb and a king. […]
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October 17, 2019
The church is alive and well
Specifically, Pew reports that nondenominational churches gain roughly five new members for every one it loses to religious switching. Likely most of these are folks leaving the liberalizing mainline swamps for more solid ground rather than leaving the faith or joining the ranks of believers who don’t go to church. What is clear is that […]
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The Holy Spirit and the Will of God
As believers—people in God’s family—if we do not know God’s will, what are we? Uninformed? No. Searching? No. We are being foolish. “That’s pretty rough,” you say. “The Bible doesn’t talk like that.” Oh? Try this. “Do not be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is” (Eph. 5:17). Furthermore, the preceding verse […]
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The Power of Habit
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October 16, 2019
King Jesus!
If you were to come over to my home and ring the doorbell, and I opened the door to see you smoking a cigarette, I would ask you to put the cigarette out before coming into my home. I don’t have ashtrays, nor do I let anyone smoke in my home. So I would not […]
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October 15, 2019
God uses circumstances to change us
In addition to choosing our thoughts and choosing to depend on God’s Spirit, we can also choose how we respond to the circumstances of our lives. Viktor Frankl was one of the Jews sentenced to the Nazi concentration camp at Dachau. He says that while he was in the camp, the guards stripped him of […]
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